Brassiere.



E. H. LOWMAN.

x BRASSIERE.

APPLICATION FILED APILIOI 1918.

1,290,608. Patented Jan. 7,1919.

En STATES PATENT oFFicE.

EDITH HILLMAN LOWMAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

A Y Application led April 10, 1918. Serial No. 227,375.

' The present invention relates to an im' proved brassire, or corset cover, adapted especially for use as a bust supporter for womens wear.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a garment of this type in which the breasts are or may be supported from the shoulders of the wearer by the utilization of specially combined features, with special regard to facility in applying or removing the brassire. And to this end the invention resides in a brassire comprising a minimum number of parts that are so related as to be readily adjusted, easily put on or taken of, and providing a device that is v comparatively inexpensive in production.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed and arranged according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical applicaton' of the principles of my invention, and this embodiment has proven highly satisfactory in actual use.

Figure 1 is a view illustrating, from the front, the brassire in use.

Fig. 2 is a view at the rear.

Fig. 3 is afview of the brassire spread out' flat. showing the outside of the garment.

The belt or band of the brassire which is shown as passing around the wearer comprises three sections 1, 2, and 3,l which are preferably of fabric, inelastic, and of proper size and length, the section 2 being at the rear when the garment is worn, and the ltwo outer sections 1 and 3 being at the front. The two end sections and the intermediate lsection are joined by elastic webbing, the

` elastic sections being indicated as 4 and 5,

the belt or band is to encircle the upper waist, and be fastened at its ends by the .two safety pins 6, 6, which form simple and inexpensive, but eiiicient means of coupling the two ends together. More elaborate means for fastening the ends together may be employed, but I prefer to use the simple attachments as shown in the drawings, as the pins maybe replaced if lost, and the use of the pins permits and insures proper,-

adjustment of the belt about the waist every time it is put on.

The breast supports 7, 7, are in the form of aprons or pouches, of rounded or conical and bulging shape, when flattened out as in Fig. 3, and a pouch is sewed along the top edge of the sections 1 and 3 as shown, so

that they will be at the front and in properl position when the garment is on the wearer. Each apron 7 has a strap as 8 sewedat its upper end, and these straps are designed to be crossed, passed over the shoulders as suspender fashion, and attached at the rear to the intermediate inelastic section 2 of the belt, safety pins 9 being also used at the rear, as in the case at the front of the garsection 2, and the garment is put on in the same manner that a' vest for mens or womens wearl is put on, the hands and arms being passed through the space between the straps, aprons and elastic sections, and then the front sections of the belt brought around -to the front and pinned as seen in Fig. 1.

The elastic parts 4 and 5 readily adjust p 4themselves to the waist size of the wearer,

and the belt forms a rigid and stable anchorage for the garment as it is suspended over the shoulders. The garment is pf course made in different sizes, but it will readily be seen that each .garment itself is capable of readjustment within limits, as to size and figure of the wearer.

The garment as shown, and actually used, is both comfortable` and convenient, as well as eicient in its use, and provides a serviceable and necessary piece of apparel for womens Wear possessing simplicity both in its construction and mode of using,

What I claim is:

A brassire comprising a belt formed with tion, an apron having its edge attached to 10 ing means for the adjoining ends of the end 15 sections.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

EDITH-HILLMAN LOWMAN. 

